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French to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / a period spent abroad during a degree corse | | French term or phrase: année de césure | Context:
Une période à l’étranger obligatoire : stages, semestre, année de césure, ou en dernière année dans le cadre d’un Master |
|  KpyKudoZ activityQuestions: 90 ( 2 open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 208
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| | (compulaory) year abroad | Explanation:
I spent mine in Hamburg. Many people go as foreign language assistants to schools. This is the standard term, at least in Britain.
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-01-12 10:08:25 GMT)
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Oops - that should read \'compulsory\' - sorry!
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-01-12 10:11:32 GMT)
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e.g.
\"The Year Abroad is a vital and compulsory part of your degree programme. It is one of the most exciting elements of the programme and one which graduating students regularly cite as the favourite part of their studies... During the year you are required to undertake fieldwork and write a dissertation ... The University of Liverpool has its own Year Abroad website that has country pages with useful links: for further information see the University Year Abroad Web Page.\"
http://www.liv.ac.uk/ILAS/year_abroad/
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-01-12 10:16:32 GMT)
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Kpy,
If you\'re still unsure, try putting these terms into Google - with \"\" as here - and seeing what comes back for each:
\"year abroad\" university
\"gap year\" university
\"sandwich year\" university |
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Gabrielle Lyons
Local time: 08:44
| Grading comment Thaky you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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22 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +5 | année de césure (compulaory) year abroad
Explanation:
I spent mine in Hamburg. Many people go as foreign language assistants to schools. This is the standard term, at least in Britain.
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Note added at 22 mins (2005-01-12 10:08:25 GMT)
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Oops - that should read \'compulsory\' - sorry!
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-01-12 10:11:32 GMT)
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e.g.
\"The Year Abroad is a vital and compulsory part of your degree programme. It is one of the most exciting elements of the programme and one which graduating students regularly cite as the favourite part of their studies... During the year you are required to undertake fieldwork and write a dissertation ... The University of Liverpool has its own Year Abroad website that has country pages with useful links: for further information see the University Year Abroad Web Page.\"
http://www.liv.ac.uk/ILAS/year_abroad/
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Note added at 31 mins (2005-01-12 10:16:32 GMT)
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Kpy,
If you\'re still unsure, try putting these terms into Google - with \"\" as here - and seeing what comes back for each:
\"year abroad\" university
\"gap year\" university
\"sandwich year\" university
| Gabrielle Lyons
Local time: 08:44
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Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 14
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